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Bargain Thread

I go through a lot of embroidery thread every year, so I keep an eye out for any large lots of it being sold online as part of an estate sale or after a shop closing. Good quality thread is expensive, especially the specialty metallics I love, like holographic Sulky and Kreinik braid. I knew the latter used to be called Balger when it first came out, so when I saw a lot of 44 pristine-looking vintage spools of #8 Balger thread, I decided to buy them.

Buying vintage thread online is sometimes a gamble, as what you get can be deteriorated, smelly, stained or tangled. Happily what I got was perfect. All but one of the spools are unused, and all of them are in mint condition. Each spool has 11 yards of thread on it, so they'll last me a long time.

Best part? New these would retail for about five bucks a spool. I got them for about a dollar each.

I'm going to put them in the box with my holographic threads so I can sit and admire them.

Hmmm. I think I'm going to need a bigger box. :)

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